Andean Aymara

Today, 17 November, is the 116th anniversary of the American-backed coup d’état of Queen Liliuokalani’s constitutional monarchy which resulted in Hawaii’s US annexation five years later.
See a video here.

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The Peruvian Times (English) has a good write-up regarding the arrival of the pig flu in the remote villages of the Amazons:
Last week, Peru’s Health Ministry reported that seven Matsiguenga tribe natives living along Peru’s Urubamba River tested positive for swine flu. These natives have intermittent contact with more isolated and vulnerable tribes, living deep [...]

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De acuerdo a las investigaciones realizadas, los indígenas apostados en la Curva del Diablo (Bagua, Amazonas) el 5 de junio pasado no portaban armas de fuego.
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According to the June 5 edition of the New York Times:
“Clashes between indigenous protesters and security forces on a remote jungle highway in northern Peru left more than a dozen dead on Friday, including 11 police officers, heightening tension over intensifying protests by indigenous groups over plans to open vast tracts of rain forest to oil drilling, [...]

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Many cave paintings were rediscovered by Peruvian archaeologist Olivera in the Toquepala caves of the Western Andes in Utcubamba province. [link]
Pre-Incan cemetary and citadel found in the Bagua Grande region. Also found:  circular stone dwellings, a variety of tools. [link]
Kichua and Arbela indigenous communities block river traffic on Curacay and Napo Rivers on April 12 [...]

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Here is a video and some information from Radio Nederland regarding Morales at the UN conference on narcotics, speaking about coca.  After living in Amsterdam for the past 3+ years, I never knew that Radio Nederland has so much Spanish-language material and programs.

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Apparently, according to the correspondence regarding the “documentary” mentioned below, the film was going to make some suggestions about the origins of Tiwanaku. For an intelligent and educated counter to such bogus claims, check out “Ancient Tiwanaku” (Cambridge University Press) by Janusek, from the “Case Studies in Early Socities” series. 
In fact, Janusek tackles this issue [...]

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Just last week, a researcher from Prometheus Entertainment wrote me asking for permission to use photos from this the website in a documentary which he claimed involved an examination of South American indigenous cultures. Naturally, I was intrigued; I thought that this may be a good forum for these pictures. Fortunately, before signing on, I [...]

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A shoot-out between squatters and police in the Pomac forest in Batán Grande resulted in the destruction or damage of roughly 400 pre-Inca ruins. 
Photos of sights in the forest itself can be seen here.

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Meeting Description: 
One of the significant developments in Atlantic historiography over the past few decades has been the quickly expanding knowledge, on the part of historians as well as linguists, of the languages native to the peoples of the Americas. The purpose of the conference is to consider the consequences of this knowledge for significant lines of interpretation of the [...]

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